diff --git a/util/hb-info.cc b/util/hb-info.cc
index 9fa6c0b78..efb5a21dc 100644
--- a/util/hb-info.cc
+++ b/util/hb-info.cc
@@ -512,9 +512,13 @@ struct info_t
     {
       separator ();
       printf ("Name information:\n\n");
-      printf ("Id	Text\n------------\n");
+      printf ("Id				Text\n------------------------------------\n");
     }
 
+#ifdef HB_HAS_GOBJECT
+    GEnumClass *enum_class = (GEnumClass *) g_type_class_ref ((GType) HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_NAME_ID_PREDEFINED);
+#endif
+
     unsigned count;
     const auto *entries = hb_ot_name_list_names (face, &count);
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; i++)
@@ -525,7 +529,15 @@ struct info_t
 			    language,
 			    &name_len, name);
 
-      printf ("%u	%s\n", entries[i].name_id, name);
+#ifdef HB_HAS_GOBJECT
+      if (verbose)
+      {
+	GEnumValue *enum_value = g_enum_get_value (enum_class, entries[i].name_id);
+	printf ("%u: %-27s	%s\n", entries[i].name_id, enum_value ? enum_value->value_nick : "", name);
+      }
+      else
+#endif
+	printf ("%u	%s\n", entries[i].name_id, name);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index ff38bd635..af40d3ec5 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_GLIB', 0) == 1
   hb_info = executable('hb-info', hb_info_sources,
     cpp_args: cpp_args,
     include_directories: [incconfig, incsrc],
-    dependencies: util_deps,
-    link_with: [libharfbuzz],
+    dependencies: [util_deps, gobject_dep],
+    link_with: [libharfbuzz, libharfbuzz_gobject],
     install: true,
   )
   meson.override_find_program('hb-info', hb_info)
diff --git a/util/options.hh b/util/options.hh
index efce20c3a..a376a5670 100644
--- a/util/options.hh
+++ b/util/options.hh
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@
 #endif
 
 
+#include <hb-features.h>
 #include <hb.h>
 #include <hb-ot.h>
+#ifdef HB_HAS_GOBJECT
+#include <hb-gobject.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gprintf.h>
 
 
+
 static inline void fail (hb_bool_t suggest_help, const char *format, ...) G_GNUC_NORETURN G_GNUC_PRINTF (2, 3);
 
 static inline void